Pumped to be hot, hot, hot (cold climate heat pump, Maine)

[jpak]

http://business.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=150338&ac=PHbiz

BANGOR -– A headline last year on the cover of Architectural Record magazine posed this provocative question: "Can a new kind of heat pump change the world?"

The answer is being formulated now in a small warehouse here.

This is the headquarters of Hallowell International. The two- year-old company makes a combined heating and cooling system that uses patented technology to improve the cold- weather efficiency of the basic heat pump.

Electric heat pumps extract warmth from air or water and transfer it in order to cool or heat living space. They're the dominate heating and cooling source in the Southeast.

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[rosesaylavee]

1. Thanks for the link...

What an interesting product - was wondering if anyone here on DU has had experience with heating/cooling their homes with heat pumps. Tho I understand that this is an improvement on that system.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. I am pretty sure I have seen people mentioning that they have done something

with heat exchange pumps in their homes.